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Shall we say that Force is “ moving matter,” or “ matter in motion,” and a manifestation of energy ; or that matter and force are the phenomenal differentiated aspects of the one primary, undifferentiated Cosmic Substance ? | Shall we say that Force is “ moving matter,” or “ matter in motion,” and a manifestation of energy ; or that matter and force are the phenomenal differentiated aspects of the one primary, undifferentiated Cosmic Substance ? | ||
This query is made with regard to that Stanza which treats of {{Style S-Small capitals|Fohat}} and his “ Seven brothers or ''Sons'',” in other words, of the ''cause ''and the ''effects ''of Cosmic Electricity, the latter called, in Occult parlance, ''the seven primary ''forces of Electricity, whose purely phenomenal, and hence ''grossest ''effects are alone cognizable by physicists on the cosmic and especially on the terrestrial plane. These include, among other things, Sound, Light, Colour, etc., etc. Now what does physical Science tell us of these “ Forces ” ? Sound, it says, is a ''sensation ''produced by the impact of atmospheric molecules on the ''tympanum'', which, by setting up delicate tremors in the auditory apparatus, thus communicate themselves to the brain. Light is the ''sensation ''caused by the impact of inconceivably minute vibrations of ether on the ''retina ''of the eye. | This query is made with regard to that Stanza which treats of {{Style S-Small capitals|Fohat}} and his “ Seven brothers or ''Sons'',” in other words, of the ''cause ''and the ''effects ''of Cosmic Electricity, the latter called, in Occult parlance, ''the seven primary ''forces of Electricity, whose purely phenomenal, and hence ''grossest ''effects are alone cognizable by physicists on the cosmic and especially on the terrestrial plane. These include, among other things, Sound, Light, Colour, etc., etc. Now what does physical Science tell us of these “ Forces ” ? {{Style S-Small capitals|Sound}}, it says, is a ''sensation ''produced by the impact of atmospheric molecules on the ''tympanum'', which, by setting up delicate tremors in the auditory apparatus, thus communicate themselves to the brain. {{Style S-Small capitals|Light}} is the ''sensation ''caused by the impact of inconceivably minute vibrations of ether on the ''retina ''of the eye. | ||
So, too, we say. But this is simply the effect produced in ''our ''atmosphere and its immediate surroundings, all, in fact, which falls within the range of our terrestrial consciousness. ''Jupiter Pluvius ''sent his symbol in drops of rain, of water composed, as is believed, of two “ elements,” which chemistry dissociates and recombines. The compound molecules are in its power, but their atoms still elude its grasp. Occultism sees in all these Forces and manifestations a ladder, the lower rungs of which belong to ''exoteric ''physics, and the higher are traced to a living, intelligent, invisible Power, which is, as a rule, the unconcerned, and exceptionally, the conscious cause of the sense-born phenomenon designated as this or another natural law. | So, too, we say. But this is simply the effect produced in ''our ''atmosphere and its immediate surroundings, all, in fact, which falls within the range of our terrestrial consciousness. ''Jupiter Pluvius ''sent his symbol in drops of rain, of water composed, as is believed, of two “ elements,” which chemistry dissociates and recombines. The compound molecules are in its power, but their atoms still elude its grasp. Occultism sees in all these Forces and manifestations a ladder, the lower rungs of which belong to ''exoteric ''physics, and the higher are traced to a living, intelligent, invisible Power, which is, as a rule, the unconcerned, and exceptionally, the conscious cause of the sense-born phenomenon designated as this or another natural law. | ||
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We say and maintain that Sound, for one thing, is a tremendous Occult power ; that it is a stupendous force, of which the electricity generated by a million of Niagaras could never counteract the smallest potentiality when directed with ''occult knowledge''. Sound may be produced of such a nature that the pyramid of Cheops would be raised in the air, or that a dying man, nay, one at his last breath, would be revived and filled with new energy and vigour. | We say and maintain that {{Style S-Small capitals|Sound}}, for one thing, is a tremendous Occult power ; that it is a stupendous force, of which the electricity generated by a million of Niagaras could never counteract the smallest potentiality when directed with ''occult knowledge''. Sound may be produced of such a nature that the pyramid of Cheops would be raised in the air, or that a dying man, nay, one at his last breath, would be revived and filled with new energy and vigour. | ||
For Sound generates, or rather attracts together, the elements that produce an ''ozone'', the fabrication of which is beyond chemistry, but within the limits of Alchemy. It may even ''resurrect ''a man or an animal whose astral “ vital body ” has not been irreparably separated from the physical body by the severance of the magnetic or odic chord. ''As one saved thrice from death ''by that power, the writer ought to be credited with knowing personally something about it. | For Sound generates, or rather attracts together, the elements that produce an ''ozone'', the fabrication of which is beyond chemistry, but within the limits of Alchemy. It may even ''resurrect ''a man or an animal whose astral “ vital body ” has not been irreparably separated from the physical body by the severance of the magnetic or odic chord. ''As one saved thrice from death ''by that power, the writer ought to be credited with knowing personally something about it. | ||